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Today's featured article for March 6, 2025
Les Holden (6 March 1895 – 18 September 1932) was a fighter ace of World War I. He joined the Australian Light Horse in May 1915, serving in Egypt and France. In December 1916 he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps and qualified as a pilot. As a member of No. 2 Squadron he gained the sobriquets "Lucky Les" and "the homing pigeon" after a series of incidents where he limped back to base in bullet-riddled aircraft. He was awarded the Military Cross, achieved five aerial victories, and finished the war as an instructor with No. 6 (Training) Squadron in England, earning the Air Force Cross. After leaving the Australian Flying Corps in 1919, he became a manager at Holden's Motor Body Builders. He joined the part-time Citizen Air Force before establishing an air service as a commercial pilot. In 1929, he located Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in the north-west Australian desert after the pair were reported missing. He was killed in a passenger plane crash in Australia. (Full article...) Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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The 70th birthday of the first woman in space.

This can be rotated in by replacing Dred Scott entry:

1836 - Texas Revolution: Mexican forces took the Alamo.
1857 - U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

Removed:

1946 - Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh's agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam.

Nothing about this in any of the linked articles. --mav 08:08, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Petru Groza

A suggestion for next year:

1945 - Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front, a party closely associated with the Communists, became Prime Minister of Romania.

-- PFHLai 19:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is it just my monitor, or does Image:Petru Groza joben.jpg look slightly blurry and out of focus. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the Dred Scott case

Moved from WP:ERRORS

-- How did the Dred Scott case lead to Constitutional amendments? It didn't. It led to a similar judicial interpretation of Slavery until after the civil war, but it did not prompt amendments.Blaiseball 23:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Battle of the Alamo (ineligible–POTD for 2012), Battle of Bizani, Aspirin, MS Herald of Free Enterprise, Mercaz HaRav massacre
Included: Pope Nicholas V (3rd appearance, last in 2005; rescued from Ineligible), Toronto (2nd appearance, last in 2004), La traviata (2nd appeaerance, last in 2010), Petru Groza (4th appearance, last in 2010), Operation Flavius (3rd appearance, last in 2009)
Added later for balance: Aspirin (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total), Muhammad Ali (6th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:58, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: MS Herald of Free Enterprise (maintenance)
Omitted: Toronto; La traviata; Aspirin (ineligible—maintenance); Petru Groza; Muhammad Ali; Operation Flavius
Included: Emirate of Crete (first appearance); Battle of the Alamo (6th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Bizani (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); International Unemployment Day (first appearance); Zapruder film (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Pope Nicholas V (4th appearance; added to improve main page balance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:17, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Deleted: Aspirin (moved to October 10)
Added and deleted: Freedom from Want (painting) (Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell) already appears on February 20)
New articles (unused): Svetlana Alliluyeva
Omitted: Battle of the Alamo; Battle of Bizani; International Unemployment Day; Zapruder film (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Toronto (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Real Madrid C.F. (first appearance); Muhammad Ali (7th appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); Mercaz HaRav massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Pope Nicholas V (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:24, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Pope Nicholas V; Toronto; Real Madrid C.F.; Muhammad Ali; Mercaz HaRav massacre
Included: Emirate of Crete (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (first appearance; 350th anniversary); La traviata (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Petru Groza (5th appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); 1975 Algiers Agreement (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:39, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society; La traviata; Petru Groza; 1975 Algiers Agreement
Included: Pope Nicholas V (6th appearance, last in 2014); Dmitri Mendeleev (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); International Unemployment Day (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Operation Flavius (4th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Emirate of Crete (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Omitted: Emirate of Crete; Pope Nicholas V; International Unemployment Day; Operation Flavius
Included: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Battle of the Alamo (7th appearance, last in 2013); Real Madrid C.F. (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Svetlana Alliluyeva (first appearance; 50th anniversary); MS Herald of Free Enterprise (6th appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); Princess Clémentine of Orléans (first appearance; 200th birthday); Ayn Rand (first appearance)
Repeats: Dmitri Mendeleev (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: La traviata (maintenance); 1975 Algiers Agreement (maintenance); Mercaz HaRav massacre (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): John Redmond (maintenance)
Omitted: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (ineligible—maintenance); Dmitri Mendeleev (ineligible—maintenance); Real Madrid C.F.; Svetlana Alliluyeva (ineligible—maintenance); MS Herald of Free Enterprise; Princess Clémentine of Orléans (ineligible—maintenance); Ayn Rand
Included: Siege of Chandax/Emirate of Crete (Siege: first appearance; Emirate: 4th appearance, last in 2016); Georgy Malenkov (first appearance); Muhammad Ali (8th appearance, last in 2014); Operation Flavius (5th appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); William Claflin (first appearance); Camilla Collett (first appearance); Sheila Varian (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of the Alamo (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:07, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: UK miners' strike (1984–85) (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Svetlana Alliluyeva; Princess Clémentine of Orléans
Omitted: Siege of Chandax/Emirate of Crete; Battle of the Alamo; Georgy Malenkov; Operation Flavius; William Claflin; Camilla Collett; Sheila Varian
Included: Pope Nicholas V (7th appearance, last in 2016); La traviata (4th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Bizani (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Petru Groza (6th appearance, last in 2015); MS Herald of Free Enterprise (7th appearance, last in 2017); Alvise Loredan (first appearance); Lucy Barnes (writer) (first appearance); Shaukat Aziz (first appearance)
Repeats: Muhammad Ali (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:44, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Deleted: Svetlana Alliluyeva (moved to March 9)
Omitted: Pope Nicholas V; Battle of Bizani; Muhammad Ali; MS Herald of Free Enterprise; Alvise Loredan; Lucy Barnes (writer); Shaukat Aziz
Included: 42 Martyrs of Amorium (first appearance); International Unemployment Day (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Fardykambos (first appearance); Luigi Alamanni (first appearance; 525th birthday); Ella P. Stewart (first appearance); Francisco Xavier do Amaral (first appearance)
Repeats: La traviata (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Petru Groza (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:12, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Juan Luis Vives (maintenance); George du Maurier (maintenance); Gabriel García Márquez (maintenance); Anne Braden (maintenance)
Omitted: 42 Martyrs of Amorium; La traviata; International Unemployment Day; Battle of Fardykambos; Petru Groza; Luigi Alamanni; Ella P. Stewart; Francisco Xavier do Amaral
Included: Siege of Chandax/Emirate of Crete (Siege: 2nd appearance; Emirate: 5th; both last in 2018); Battle of the Alamo (9th appearance, last in 2018); Real Madrid CF (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Georgy Malenkov (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Operation Flavius (6th appearance, last in 2018); William Claflin (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Camilla Collett (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Sheila Varian (3rd appearance, last in 2018)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Siege of Chandax/Emirate of Crete; Battle of the Alamo; Real Madrid CF; Georgy Malenkov; Operation Flavius; William Claflin; Camilla Collett; Sheila Varian
Included: Pope Nicholas V (8th appearance, last in 2019); La traviata (6th appearance, last in 2020); Gleichschaltung (3rd appearance, last in 2007; previously appeared on July 14); Muhammad Ali (10th appearance, last in 2019); MS Herald of Free Enterprise (8th appearance, last in 2019); Princess Clémentine of Orléans (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Ayn Rand (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); Francisco Xavier do Amaral (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:35, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]